Gaelic football is one of main sports in the area. The local
Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club is
Moortown St Malachy's GAC (). The club won the senior county championship in 1992.
Chris Lawn, a former club member, won two All-Ireland medals with the Tyrone county team. The home pitch was Tobin Park but has now relocated to an adjacent new leisure complex at Anneeter Road. Moortown previously had a successful
hurling club. This was formed around 1960 and competed in the Tyrone league and later in the South Derry and Armagh leagues. Several Moortown hurlers represented County Tyrone at both minor and senior hurling level during the 1960s and 1970s. A camogie team also previously existed in Moortown during the 1950s. A camogie team was also more recently formed. ==References==